Gov. Steve Sisolak announced a new plan to build a home for the UNLV School of Medicine that relies on $155 million in donor funds rather than $125 million in bonds.
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The status keeps the school on its projected timeline to achieve full accreditation by the 2021-22 school year.
An allegation of Medicaid fraud last year against Northwest Academy led state officials to temporarily suspend payments to the boarding school.
The UNLV School of Medicine has chosen University Medical Center trauma surgeon John Fildes to step into the role of interim dean.
Parents of Clark County School District students are reminded that they will need to have proof of a variety of immunizations before kids return to school next Monday.
In 2016, accidents like suffocation or drowning were the leading cause of unnatural child deaths in Nevada.
The plan, the third iteration of the building meant to house UNLV’s medical program, comes after big private donations sought for a grander edifice failed to materialize.
The inaugural class in the Valley Health System program is comprised of 10 residents in the family medicine program and 16 in the general surgery program.
The handheld units can help diagnose traumatic bleeding during transport and also communicate patient information to waiting emergency room doctors.
College of Southern Nevada Counseling and Psychology Services launched a training program in March at its campuses for staffers to pick up on early warning signs of mental health problems in their classrooms and organizations.
The Southern Nevada Health District tested 187 students or employees at Durango High School after a person at the school was diagnosed with active tuberculosis in early March but got no positive results for the disease.
Staton Elementary School teacher Nikki McGuire cried last year when she learned that her cancer had returned. But the tears weren’t only for herself: She was most upset about leaving her kindergarten students in the midst of a school year.
The Clark County School District on Thursday told about 200 students that they need to be tested for tuberculosis after a person at a western Las Vegas Valley high school was diagnosed with the disease.
UNLV announced Monday it has renamed its School of Community Health Sciences as the School of Public Health.
Nightingale College said in a Monday news release that classes will begin May 6 for a 32-month, pre-licensure nursing program and a yearlong online, post-licensure program designed for those already working as registered nurses.
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